## Why

Why should my learners use the Click and Listen tool or its counterpart in docReader? These tools allow learners to click on a paragraph and have that paragraph read to them. Using this tool makes it easy for learners to return to material they didn’t understand the first time and re-listen to it. Or, the learner may only want to consume small bites of information at a time. Learners may want to read a paragraph and think about its meaning before going on to the next paragraph, especially if the material is difficult to understand.

## Who

The "Who" question is answered by observing your learners and identifying your struggling learners. These learners may be trying to digest too much information at one time and need to chunk the material. The "Click and Listen" tool allows learners to do so.

## What

What are the benefits to the learners? The learners are now chunking material and can take notes on it before moving on. In a previous lesson, we talked about bimodal learning. This combination of methods is trimodal or multi-modal learning. The learners see and read the paragraph, hear it read to them while they read, and then write their notes. So, the learners have used three senses: sight, hearing, and touch—the more senses involved in learning, the higher the retention rate of the material.

## How

This functionality is available in both webReader and docReader; however, it's slightly different. Let's look at each.

### ReadSpeaker webReader

- Click on the hamburger, .
- On the lower toolbar, toggle on the Click and Listen tool, . Notice the green check? When the tool is turned off, it has a red "X" instead of the green check.
- Return to your materials and click on the paragraph to begin reading.
- When you are finished using the Click and Listen tool, toggle it off, . Notice the red "X"? It indicates the Click and Listen tool has been toggled off.

### ReadSpeaker docReader

As indicated earlier, the functionality is the same, but the location and labeling differ.

- Navigate to your document.
- Open docReader according to your view. If you are unsure how to open your document with docReader, please refer to the definitions page.
- Expand to see the lower toolbar and access Settings.

  - #### Classic View and the student view of New Learner Experience

    - Click on the caret, .
    - Click on Settings, .

  - #### New View Content Experience and Instructor View of the New Learner Experience

    - Click on the hamburger, .
    - Click on Settings, .

- #### The General area

  - Click on the dropdown menu for "Select Reading Area by."
    - You have three choices:
      - Mouse Selection: Highlight your reading area.
      - Text Selection: Click on the paragraph you want to read, similar to the Click and Listen tool in webReader.
      - Mouse Pointer to the End of the Page: Reads from wherever the mouse pointer is located to the end of the page.
  - Select "Text Selection."

## Video

### ReadSpeaker webReader

### ReadSpeaker docReader

Proceed to the Next Lesson